Sadr al-Din Sadr (; 1882 – 26 November 1953
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Moussa as-Sadr Musa Sadr al-Din al-Sadr (; ; 4 June 1928 – disappeared 31 August 1978) was a Lebanese-Iranian Shia Muslim cleric, politician and revolutionary In Lebanon. He founded and revived many Lebanese Shia organizations, including schools, charities ...

(disappeared in Libya in 1978) and

Rabab al-Sadr Rabab al-Sadr Charafeddine (Arabic: رباب الصدر; born 4 April 1944) is a Lebanese activist and president of the Imam al-Sadr Foundation. She is the sister of disappeared Shia imam and political leader Musa al-Sadr. Early life Rabab al- ...

, and the grandson of the Grand

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Sadr-eddine bin Saleh after whom the Sadr family of well-known scholars of

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has been named. He was the second son of Sayyed Grand Ayatollah

Ismail as-Sadr Ismail as-Sadr () (born 1842 - died 1919–1920) was a Lebanese-Iraqi Grand Ayatollah, a title which is used in Iran and Iraq referring to a Twelver Shi'a scholar who is a fully qualified mujtahid who asserts authority over peers and followers b ...

(d.1920). He was born in what is today

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

to Lebanese parents and led a progressive religious group there. He then migrated to

Khorasan KhorasanDabeersiaghi, Commentary on Safarnâma-e Nâsir Khusraw, 6th Ed. Tehran, Zavvâr: 1375 (Solar Hijri Calendar) 235–236 (; , ) is a historical eastern region in the Iranian Plateau in West and Central Asia that encompasses western and no ...

where he married the daughter of Grand Ayatollah Hussein al-Qummi ( :wikidata:Q20557209). Then he left to the Shia center of learning (''hawzayi'ilmī'') in

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, where he became a Grand Ayatollah. He died on 26 November 1953 in Iran.

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* 1882 births 1953 deaths Lebanese ayatollahs Iraqi ayatollahs Iraqi Shia Muslims Lebanese emigrants to Iran Musawis Pupils of Muhammad Kadhim Khorasani Burials at Fatima Masumeh Shrine {{Islam-bio-stub

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